South China University of Technology provides training,  national contest based on local needs   

About the organization  ● ●

http://en.scut.edu.cn   Multidisciplinary university focused  on engineering, science, management,  economics, humanities and law 

 

What they wanted to do  ●



Encourage teachers to use  project-based app development to  teach CS concepts  Educate a cohort of trainers who  could then train teachers in their local  regions 

 

What they did  ●



Developed master trainer workshop  on App Inventor for trainers from 23  institutions  Created national App Inventor contest  for students that received more than  3,000 submissions from over 300  schools   

Challenge    Mobile devices are more common in China than desktop computers or  laptops. Dr. Yue Li, an instructor at South China University of Technology  in Guangzhou, China, is passionate about using mobile apps to teach  students the power of CS. “Your mobile phone is more powerful than a  supercomputer was 30 years ago,” says Li.  What many high school children were missing in China, Li believed, was  an understanding of the link between their phones and computational  thinking in daily life. Lectures on CS wouldn’t be enough to give students  the skills they needed – the concepts had to be tested and understood  through project-based learning.   Li saw the answer in ​MIT App Inventor​, an online tool for creating apps  using drag-and-drop building blocks. After establishing a stand-alone  server for App Inventor in Guangzhou, so that users in China could access  the tool, Li needed to help teachers learn how to use the technology with  students and create new lesson plans. “Most teaching material about CS  comes from Western countries – but we need Chinese material,” says  Weiguang Gao, an information technology teacher at Guangzhou Baiyun  Middle School. 

What they accomplished  ●





Showed 81 trainers and over 170  teachers the value of project-based  CS lessons  Helped teachers reach over 500  students on common ground, such as  creating apps for the mobile devices  they use every day  Gained over 1.6 million users on the  App Inventor Guangzhou server, who  created more than 573,000 projects   

“When students learn how to create applications for their  own phones, they become more confident in their future.”  — Dr. Yue Li, instructor at South China University of Technology 

Solution    To give teachers a deeper understanding of App Inventor, Li applied for  funding from Google’s ​CS4HS program​. The funding covered the  development of a four-day master training workshop at South China  University of Technology, in which teachers would learn to train other  teachers to teach CS through App Inventor.   The funding also helped Li and the university co-organize a nationwide  App Inventor contest for students with Google China. The contest  encourages primary, middle, and high school students to learn  computational thinking by developing Android applications using App 

Inventor. In 2015 and 2016, the competition attracted over 3,000 ​entries​,  including apps such as a mobile eye exam chart, a calculator, and a  biology study aid. 

  Student competitors in the App Inventor  contest showcase their submissions. 

The workshop was attended by trainers from 23 institutions from across  China. Hal Abelson, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology  and the creator of App Inventor, consulted with Li. Teaching the basics of  app development, Abelson says, can highlight CS concepts more quickly  than a standard lecture. “We like to talk about ‘apps that matter,’” Abelson  says. “Students can build apps that make a difference, not only for  themselves, but for their community and their country.”  

Benefits 

 

 

 

App development allows teachers to meet students on common  ground 

   

Since mobile devices figure prominently in students’ lives, says Li,  teachers who build lessons around app development generate greater  enthusiasm from students – and at the same time, ensure that students  learn CS. “When students learn how to create applications for their own  phones, they become more confident in their future,” Li says. 

          Google CS4HS  CS4HS funding enables computer science  education experts to provide exemplary CS  professional development for teachers. The  funding focuses on three major growth  areas for teacher professional development  in computer science:  1.

Facilitating the development and  delivery of content that increases  teachers' knowledge of computer  science and computational thinking  2. Allowing educators to customize  learning content to meet local needs  and share best practices for engaging  all students  3. Building of communities of practice  that continue to support teacher  learning throughout the school year  For more information on CS Professional  Development, visit ​www.cs4hs.com​ and  join our ​G+ Community​.

 

Hands-on teaching helps trainers and students learn more quickly  For time-strapped teachers like Weiguang Gao, getting the chance to  create their own apps during the workshop offered a solid grounding in  app development and project-based learning. “My students don’t have  lessons on information technology every day,” he explains. “With  project-based learning, students can see results of their lessons in just  one class.” 

Master training spreads the benefits of workshops to more  teachers  A single master trainer workshop, Abelson explains, can deliver trained  instructors to dozens of universities, generating an exponential increase  in teacher expertise and student engagement in CS. “Everyone  experiences mobile apps from the consumer standpoint – but with these  workshops, apps suddenly become a way for teachers and students to  become expressive,” Abelson says. 

  Winning students and their parents, teachers celebrate the end of the App Inventor  2016 contest. 

     

 

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